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Register entry · No. 02012001

DIRECT BUYING CONSULTANTS LIMITED

Active Private Limited Company Incorporated 18 Apr 1986

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    Company status

    Active.

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    Accounts on time

    Next due 30 Sep 2027.

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    Confirmation statement on time

    Next due 21 Jun 2027.

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    Owners

    1 owner on file.

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    Last filed accounts

    Net assets £50,668.

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    Trading history

    Incorporated 18 Apr 1986 (40 years ago).

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    Never renamed.

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From the public register, filing history, officers, owners and filed accounts, as of 27 Oct 2026. Not a credit score or advice: open the filings before relying on them. JSON

  1. Registered office

    SUITE A, 1ST FLOOR, UNIT 1 EUROGATE BUSINESS PARK, ASHFORD, KENT, ENGLAND, TN24 8XW

    As filed with Companies House.

  2. Nature of business

    • 46420 Wholesale of clothing and footwear

  3. Accounts

    Next due
    30 Sep 2027
    Last made up to
    31 Dec 2025
    Type
    TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL

  4. Confirmation statement

    Next due
    21 Jun 2027
    Last made up to
    7 Jun 2026

  5. Charges

    Outstanding
    5
    All time
    5

  6. Names

    1. DIRECT BUYING CONSULTANTS LIMITED current

Figures

Year endTurnoverProfitCashNet assetsStaff
31 Dec 2025 not published not published £8 £50,668 2
31 Dec 2024 * not published not published £5 £31,741 2

* From the following year's accounts (prior-year figures).

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  • N Hughes · Secretary, named in the accounts to 31 Dec 2025
  • J Hughes · Director, named in the accounts to 31 Dec 2025

Owners and controllers All 1, with past →

NameControlNotifiedCeasedBornNationality · lives in
Mr Julian Michael Hughes Ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent; Voting rights 75 to 100 percent; Right to appoint and remove directors 6 Apr 2016 — August 1958 British · United Kingdom

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Is DIRECT BUYING CONSULTANTS LIMITED still trading?

The register shows DIRECT BUYING CONSULTANTS LIMITED as active.

What does DIRECT BUYING CONSULTANTS LIMITED do?

It files the industry code 46420 (Wholesale of clothing and footwear).

When was DIRECT BUYING CONSULTANTS LIMITED set up?

It was incorporated on 18 April 1986.

When are DIRECT BUYING CONSULTANTS LIMITED's accounts due?

Next accounts are due by 30 September 2027. The last accounts were made up to 31 December 2025.

When is DIRECT BUYING CONSULTANTS LIMITED's next confirmation statement due?

By 21 June 2027.

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